In Singapore, one of the primary 1 math’s question is causing a stir online, because even some adults can’t solve it too! What?!
Cheng, a netizen posted those question on Stomp, it’s from her daughter’s Primary 1 assessment book, ‘Last-Minute Maths Exam Drills’.
Maybe you want to try out the question too, here you go:
She bought the assessment book for my daughter who is in Primary 1. Her daughter will be in Primary 2 next year so she was trying to let her complete the book during this school holiday.
She said she posted this question on her Instagram as well as sent it to friends and siblings via WhatsApp. More than 50% of them couldn’t get it right.
“We adults can’t even answer the question. How to teach the children?
“We need to understand from the given answer first before we can guide our children,” she added.
This how you solve the question:
Did you get it right? To be honest, i was stumped by the math question when i came across it.
A lot of netizens thought this is too much for a young kids. Let’s check out some of their comments:
One of the commenter, a retired teacher also advised parents to select workbooks for their children wisely.
Info via STOMP